Today's News
Boston shut down as bombing suspects chased down
Boston bombing
suspects
The greater Boston area is shut down with bus and subway service suspended and local businesses and universities closed, as federal and local authorities chase down two men believed to have carried out the Boston Marathon bombings.
Law enforcement, homeland security, White House vow to find Boston bomber
Copley
Square
explosion
Federal, state and local investigators are in the initial stages of tracking down the person or persons responsible for two bombs detonated near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15 that killed three people and wounded over 100, but said no one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
The latest details to emerge from the afternoon of chaos in the city included news that the bombs -- which were stuffed in trashcans near the race route -- contained ball bearings or BBs meant to cause even more substantial injuries to bystanders.
GSN 2012 Awards announced: White House deputy of homeland security recognized for leadership at annual gala
GSN Awards 2012
Hundreds of the best of the homeland security community’s federal, state and municipal government officials, government contractors, systems integrators, IT vendors and physical security product and solutions providers all came together the night of November 29 in a ballroom of the Washington, D.C. convention center to receive accolades.
The GSN awards dinner, which has become a Washington tradition over the last four years, offered a chance for the excellence and civic-minded spirit of homeland security efforts nationwide to be recognized.
GSN 2012 Homeland Security Awards program open for entries
The Government Security News 2012 Homeland Security Awards Program officially opened for entries on May 1, once again featuring 45 Awards in three broad Categories:Best Vendors of IT Security Products and Solutions, Best Vendors of Physical Security Products and Solutions and the 2011 Government Excellence Awards.
Va Police Chiefs Assn signs up for online training at PoliceCommunity.Net
The Response Network, of Hanover, NH, a provider of online training programs for law enforcement and public safety professionals, has announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with The Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police (VACP) to develop customized in-service training courses that will be available to all Virginia law enforcement personnel on the company’s PoliceCommunity.net online training portal.
GSN 2011 Awards Program opens for entries on April 26
Government Security News has announced that its 2011 Homeland Security Awards Program will officially open for business and start accepting entries in the program’s 45 awards categories on Tuesday, April 26.
Obama seeks three percent hike in discretionary budget at DHS
Despite official murmurings a few months ago that the fiscal year 2011 budget request for DHS might decline slightly, the budget package unveiled on February 1 actually shows a three percent increase in “discretionary spending” by DHS in 2011, versus the prior year, and modest growth, at approximately the predicted rate of inflation, in the outer years.
Electrosoft wins VA contract based on Quantum Secure's SAFE for Government software
Electrosoft Services Inc., of Reston, VA, has announced that it has been awarded a contract for the Department of Veterans Affairs which calls for the deployment of its Enterprise Physical Access Control System (ePACS) across VA’s worldwide facilities, covering the identity of more than 440,000 employees, doctors and contractors holding PIV cards, as well as a range of visitors.
Security trainers in cruise ship industry can now seek MarAd certification
The U.S. Maritime Administration has developed a new policy to certify training providers who offer training in cruise vessel security and safety.
MarAd has developed training standards and curriculum -- in conjunction with the FBI and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy -- that would allow for the certification of a passenger vessel’s security personnel, crew members and law enforcement officials.
Crimes and terrorist attacks propel demand for mass notification systems
Forecast for Mass Notification
Systems in No. America
in U.S. $ millions
In the wake of the Boston bombing manhunt and the Sandy Hook massacre, governments, schools and other organizations are turning to mass notification systems (MNS) to help protect public safety, which will spur the North American MNS market to expand by 30 percent from 2013 to 2017, says IMS Research.